English Language & Literature Teaching (영어어문교육)
- Volume 18 Issue 3
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- Pages.223-242
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- 2012
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- 1226-2889(pISSN)
Raising Critical Awareness of Watching American TV Cartoons in an ESL Context
- Suh, Young-Mee (Ewha Womans University) ;
- Jung, Yoosun (Seoul National University High School)
- Received : 20120700
- Published : 2012.09.30
Abstract
The study focused on exploring the ways that young ESL learners can cultivate media literacy by asking critical questions about the messages embedded in popular American TV cartoons. The participants in the study were five Korean children who came from three different families that had been living in a Midwestern college-town in the U. S. for less than two years. Research methods include analysis of interviews, video-taped sessions and photos of children's drawings. The children were asked about their American cartoon viewing habits as well as critical questions after watching two episodes of their favorite cartoons-Pok